For the school's opening On Tour! production, student directors Ansley Lee and Sierra Tothero from McCallum Academy's theatre department took over the Blue Theatre, out behind the Goodwill warehouse on Springdale road. It was a friendly and successful conquest, with manager Jennie Gravenstein running concessions and generally helping out in the excited rush.
Almost, Maine by John Cariani is a whimsical set of sketches about folks in the icy northern reaches of the United States. He's looking at love and how it creeps up on us, even on the famously blue-collar, tactiturn and slow-moving young Mainers. Cariani likes to turn figures of speech inside-out. For example, Gayle (Kahla Brown) comes storming into the house of her boyfriend Lendall (Dylan Jones), having abruptly decided, after 11 years of courtship, that she wants all her love back. To prove her determination, she brings in boxes and bags full of love from her car, and flings them down. "Here! This is all the love you gave me! Now I want mine all back!" Lendall rides through the absurdity and rises to the occasion.
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